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‘Dark Day’ Prevents Cross-Border Humanitarian Aid to Millions of Syrians

Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended cross-border aid from Turkey to some four million people in opposition-controlled northwest Syria by one year without Damascus's backing. Western powers then voted down a competing resolution put forward by Moscow that proposed extending approval by just…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cameroon's mushroom growers looking beyond the kitchen

Bafoussam (Cameroon) (AFP) - Grilled on skewers, dried or used in hair oil: farmers at Bafoussam in western Cameroon are seeking to take the lowly mushroom, grown on agricultural waste, beyond the kitchen.

AFP

Vladimir Putin in fresh threat to the west and Ireland as war rages on

Putin has dared Western countries, including Ireland, to try and defeat his nation on the battlefield.

Irish Mirror

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Canada posts largest trade surplus in 14 years

Ottawa (AFP) - Canada posted in May its largest trade surplus since 2008, riding a surge in oil prices as Western nations imposed energy sanctions on Russia, the government statistical agency said Thursday.

AFP

West urges Russia removal from sport governing boards

Washington (AFP) - Western powers on Tuesday called for international sport federations to remove state-affiliated Russians and Belarusians over the Ukraine invasion, after leading events already banned their athletes.

AFP

West should have armed Ukraine years ago to avoid Russian invasion, says exiled oligarch

The former oligarch-turned-dissident says Western governments bear ‘significant responsibility’ for the conflict in Ukraine, having failed to take action after the annexation of Crimea in 2014

The Independent UK

Special Report-Dozens of Russian weapons tycoons have faced no Western sanctions

As Russia's military continues to pound Ukraine with missiles and other lethal weapons, Western nations have responded in part by targeting Russia's defense industry with sanctions. The latest round came on Tuesday, when the United States issued new sanctions on some arms makers and executives at the heart of what…

Reuters

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NATO chief avows need to defend alliance territory in ‘a more dangerous world’

An unstable world could get even more dangerous if NATO does not remain strong and united, the head of the alliance said Thursday at the end of a summit where Western leaders labeled Russia “a direct threat” to the security of their nations.

France 24

UK calls on allies to give Taiwan more support to ward off China threat

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has risked escalating Western tensions with China by calling on allies to provide greater support for Taiwan so it can defend itself against any aggression from Beijing.

Evening Standard

Russia warns West: Don't take your assets in our country for granted

Russia hinted on Wednesday that it had not dropped the idea of seizing Western-owned assets and businesses in the country, as a top official sharply criticised governments that have hit Moscow with sanctions.

Reuters

Putin’s propaganda is rooted in Russian history – and that's why it works

Russia’s war against Ukraine is pressing into its fifth month – despite several rounds of failed peace talks, and Western countries’ issuing severe economic sanctions against Russia.

The Conversation

World Bank to double educational funding for Central, West Africa

The World Bank Group seeks to double its funding for education in the Western and Central African region by 2025 to accelerate the work of educational reforms, a senior official of the bank said here late Monday.

Dynamite News

US to work with Taiwan, Vietnam against illegal fishing

Washington (AFP) - The United States said Monday it would step up cooperation with Vietnam and Taiwan among others to combat illegal fishing, a problem that environmentalists and Western nations increasingly attribute to China.

AFP

Solidarity behind Ukraine's Russia fight atop summit agendas

Back-to-back world leader summits in Europe this weekend will focus on uniting Western nations behind Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion and overcoming Turkey’s opposition to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden

The Independent UK

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With an eye on re-election, Turkey’s Erdogan risks the ire of Western partners

Between stalling Sweden and Finland’s bids for NATO membership and threatening a fresh military offensive against Kurds in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to be capitalising on the world’s focus on Ukraine to strengthen Ankara’s geopolitical standing – even at the expense of NATO and Western partners.…

Axios

Leaders of Germany, France and Italy endorse Ukraine's EU bid after meeting Zelensky in Kyiv

The leaders said in a joint press conference they are in favor of granting Ukraine "immediate" European Union candidate status.

AFP

Ukraine parades new French Caesar howitzer

Eastern Ukraine (AFP) - Ukraine on Wednesday showed off one of its new French-made self-propelled howitzers, firing towards Russian-controlled areas, as Kyiv urges Western countries to provide more military hardware.

AFP

Ukraine pleads for western arms as Russia chokes frontline city

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine pleaded with Western governments Wednesday to decide quickly on sending heavy weapons to shore up its faltering defences, as Russia said it would evacuate civilians from a frontline chemical plant.

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Zelensky pleads for arms as Russian forces lay siege to Severodonetsk

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's president has made an impassioned plea to Western allies to speed arms deliveries and help stem "terrifying" casualties as Russian forces lay siege to the eastern city of Severodonetsk, destroying the last bridges into the industrial hub.

Reuters

Ukraine pleads for more weapons, cholera spreads in Mariupol

Ukraine pleaded to Western countries for faster deliveries of weapons as better-armed Russian forces pounded the east of the country, and for humanitarian support to combat growing outbreaks of deadly diseases.

AFP

Iran disconnects nuclear site cameras after Western censure motion

Tehran (AFP) - Iran on Wednesday disconnected some of the UN atomic watchdog's cameras monitoring its nuclear sites, its atomic energy agency said, after Western nations accused the Islamic republic of failing to cooperate.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Says 2 UN Watchdog Devices at Nuclear Site Turned Off

Iran turned off two surveillance devices Wednesday used by UN inspectors to monitor the country's uranium enrichment, further escalating the crisis over its atomic program as Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers remains in tatters. The move appeared to be a new pressure technique as Western nations seek to censure…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Western Powers Press Iran to Stop Work on Highly Enriched Uranium

The US, UK, France and Germany submitted a motion to the UN atomic energy watchdog to censure Iran over its lack of cooperation with the agency a year after Western countries stalled the presentation of a draft resolution condemning Iran before the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy…

Al Jazeera

‘Shooting themselves in the foot’: Western sanctions on Russia

The more tension there is between Russia and the West, the higher the prices will be for commodities, analysts say.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Five Ways Russia's Ukraine Invasion Upended World Order

The 100 days since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine have seen Europe destabilized, the global economy weakened, and the world order turned upside down. But Russian President Vladimir Putin remains in power and despite the battering of the Russian economy and failures of the military campaign shows no sign…

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